Tobacco-pipe cleaner.



D. LOSSIUS.

TOBACCO PIPE CLEANER.

uruouxon FILED JULY 6. 190a.

Patented Sept 22, 1908.

flue 72%; Q Jag/2hr; $055M To all whom it may concern:

DAGFINN LOSSIUS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TOBACCO-PIPE CLEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Sept. 22, 1908.

Application filed July 6,1908. Serial No. 442,118.

Be it known that I, DAGFINN Lossrus, a subject of the King of Norway,and residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, haveinvented 'a new and useful Improvement in Tobacco-Pipe Cleaners, ofwhich the following is a speclfication;

The object of my invention is to provide a sim 1e and cheap deviceadapted to be carrie on the person, which can be inserted in the bowl ofa ipe and by rotating it therein will cut out all matter incrustedtherein.

The manner in which I accomplish my object is described in the followingspecifications and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in whichFigure 1 is a side elevation of a ipe, the bowl being in section showingmy evice inserted therein. Fig. 2 is a horizontal cross section on theline 2-2, Fig. 1., Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section on theline 33 Fig.1 and Fig. 4 are vertical elevations showing the edge of the device.

In the drawings A represents an ordinary pipe and B the interior of thebowl thereof. C indicates the pipe cleaner as a whole. This cleanerconsists of a metallic spring loop D, constructed with arallelextensions or legs E; these legs are at and comparatively thin ascompared with the round part F of the loop and are pierced at the endsG-for ivot insH. Pivotally secured to each 0 the egs E by the ivot pinsH are avpair of scrapers I and Each of these members have a pair offixed jaws K between which the legs E of the loo D are pivotally held bythe pivot ins H. heface of each of the members to form parallel V shapededges L. On one of these members I the grooved face is straight and theface of the other member J is curved as shown in Fig. 1. tion thegrooved face of each of said members is rounded to fit the curve of theinterior of the bowl.

When my device is constructed as described and illustrated, its use andoperation is as follows: The s ring tension of the loop is set with thelegs 15 spaced from each other so as to reguire'pressure to bring themembers I and J c ose enough together for insertion into the bowl of apipe, and when'inserted and J are grooved longitudinally.

In cross sec therein to press the grooved face of each member againstthe walls of the interior. This spring pressure also forces the saidmembers to fit any vertical inclination there may be in the saidinterior as each of said members is pivotally free for such adjustmentby the springpressure. The vertical curved face of the member J is adated to clean such parts as cannot be reache by the straight face of themember I and to clean out the bottom part of the bowl, and the wholeinterior being thus scraped clean'by the rotation of the cleanertherein.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1. A device ofthe kind described consisting of a looped spring member havin a pair ofegs; an a air of members pivota ly suported on sai legs, each of saidmembers vaving vertically grooved faces, said mem bers being adapted tobe inserted in the bowl of a tobacco pipe and by rotation therein toscrape and thereby clean the interior thereof. 2. In a device of thekind described, the combination with a spring member having a loop and apair of legs; of-a pair of longitudinally grooved members pivotallysecured to the end of said legs, said members when pivotally attached tosaid spring member, eing insertible in the bowlof a tobacco ipe and byrotation therein are adapted to c'lban the interior thereof.

3. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a springmember; of a pair of longitudinally grooved members, said members beingpivotally secured to op osite parts of said sprmg member and inserti 1ein the bowl of a tobacco pipe, the grooved parts of said members bein incontactwith and adapted when said devlce is rotated, to scrape andthereby clean said bowl.

4. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a springmember, of a pair of members pivotally secured to said spring member,eac of said pair of members having a grooved face adapted when insertedin the bowl of a tobacco pipe and rotated to scrape and clean theinterior thereof.

DAGFINN LOSSIUS.

Witnesses:

THOMAS J. -MORGAN, Josnrn STAAB.

